pseudological

adjective

pseu·​do·​log·​i·​cal

¦südᵊl¦äjə̇kəl

: fantastically or romantically falsified

accounts of it are doubtless somewhat pseudological

—F. C. Prescott

Word History

Etymology

pseudology + -ical

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